Magpul bipod. M-LOK vs picatinny

[n8vmind]

Looking to buy a simple inexpensive bipod that will be only be mounted at the range. Any experience on which system gives good stability and easy detachment when needed? Thanks

[GH41]

I'd probably do picatinny and just leave a small section of rail on my handguard. M-Loc was never made to use like a QD coupling.

[n8vmind]

Thanks

[Renegade04]

I'd probably do picatinny and just leave a small section of rail on my handguard. M-Loc was never made to use like a QD coupling.

I agree that using a short picatinny rail section for quickly attaching/detaching a bipod is a good idea. I also agree that there is no QD coupling designed for M-LOK. That, however, is not important to everyone. Personally, I have the MAGPUL M-LOK bipod in use on one of my ARs and it stays mounted. That was the entire intent for going with that bipod. If I wanted a QD type of setup with a bipod, I would have gone another route, but that would require a short picatinny rail section, an QD bipod adapter, and bipod. There is added expense to that option should I have wanted to go in that direction. Fortunately, the MAGPUL M-LOK bipod is lightweight and does not impede the use of the AR without the bipod deployed.

[gunnerblue]

I have the Mlok model on a Magpul chassis and it is steady. I leave it on constantly and agree that Mlok is not the best QD option. For quickly detaching at the range, I’d go with Picatinny.

[lordmorgul]

Pick a different bipod. I have both the m-lok and picatinny Magpul bipods and it’s simply not meant for a QD platform use. It installs and stays. Yes you could probably replace the screws for the pic version with a QD cam but they weren’t meant for it.


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[wigbones]

Buy the ARMS version and add a qd lever to it. Then you can just securely attach it to the rail section and easily remove it later.

[n8vmind]

Noted...

[dontshakepandas]

How many slots/what size rail does the picatinny version need?

[jsbhike]

Buy the ARMS version and add a qd lever to it. Then you can just securely attach it to the rail section and easily remove it later.

That will work for QD, but that makes a $110 bipod a $170+ bipod. Not sure if that price range opens up the options to other brands though.

I recently bought the M-LOK version with the intent of occasionally moving it around, but think it will stay on a 15" rail. If I had it to do over I think I would prefer the 1913 version since it would ultimately be more flexible.